Improvement in cotton-seed planter



B. SMITH.

- )Cotton-'Seed Planter.v y A NQ. 78,614. Patented June 2, 1868.

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itztlgthult rtftmx tu tailles: Enters @anni ttt meting 'partiti tit TOWHGM IAT MAY CONCERN: .Y y Be it known tiret I, BRYAN SMITH; ofFalkland, in the county of Pitt, and Stete of North` Carolina, haveinvented :t new and valu/able Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters; und Ido hereby declare that the following is .1 full, clear, andcxnctdcscription of the construction und operation of the-same,reference being had to thev yannexed d1mvings,muking n part of thisspecification, and to the lettersand figures-of reference markedthereon.

' The -ohjcct of my invention is to .provide hott-cr means than haveheretofore been knon'n or used for plant-,f ing cotton-seed byanimulspower with accuracy and spced,.thereby saving the laborious :md`tan'dy process of planting such-seed by hund.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is a side view of my ottonrplarrter. Figuref?l is on inverted plan view, and Figure 3 is o longitudinal sectionthereof.

Letter A represents a. hopper, in which the cotton-seeds are placed forplanting. The front and rear sides4 of this hopper, ut the lower endsthereof respectively, are slotted, to ullow space for the action ofthe'pins, E, hereinafter mentioned.A l

Letter B is a. cylinder, with `n series Aof sharp-pointed arms on euchend thereof, represented by C. It is made to rotate on its axis, D, bythe operation of the ,arms'C, which mesh with the earth as the plnterrno'ves forward. This cylinder isolso provided with o series ofsmallfpins, edju-sted at suitable distances from Veuch other onitsperiphcry. 'lfhese pins are marked E on` the drawings. As the'cylinder revolves, these pins respectA Vively poss through the slntsinthe hoppenund carry with them the cotton-seeds to the ground.

vLetterG is o plough, letter' H is the plough-beam, and letter I thehandles thereof. Letter K is o. coverer, pivoted on euch side of theplanter-frame, in the manner shown in the drawings. Its oce is tonid insmoothing the surface of the ground, ond also t'o cover up the seedsdropped by the p ins E.

. It will readily be discovered, from the shape of the bottom of myplanter, :1s shvownon iig. 2, that, bythe united oction of saidbottemand sadcoveror, the furrow left by the plough must becomethoroughly smoothed down, leaving n small trench in' the contre, ofloosely-packed earth, in Adesirable form for drainage purposes.

The operation of my device is easily understood from thedescriptionobovc given, except that,in the moveutente of the pins E,itmust be borne in mind thatit is designed to operate principally up'oncottomsecds its they are taken from 'the boli, withthe beard removedtherefrom.

V Whatf claim us my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1.- The cylinder B, constructed with arms C und pins E, substcntiolly asand for the purposes set forth. 2. In combination *,with cylinder B,the' coverer K, constructed and operoting substantially' as specied.

3. A cotton-planter, having cylinder-.111,1 covercr K, and plough G,constructed and operating substantially a's and for the purposesdescribed.4

' ABRYAN SMITH.

Witnesses:

D. W. Hoon, ALLEN WARREN,

